The eye of the elephant
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This is from a photograph taken by my friend Sarah whilst in Vietnam earlier this year. It was painted using Faber Castell Polychromos coloured pencils and the main techniques of note were: Burnishing, blending and shading. The eyelashes were done using an indenting tool and then the background colour applied. Works well and appears almost miraculous when it is being done. I tried not to over blend the colour and use the tooth of the paper to help with the skin texture.
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Trevor Loftus
I have been painting in oils for most of my life, much more so now that I am retired and have more time. My main interests lately have been in painting wildlife in oils, watercolour and coloured pencils; which is a medium that I have just begun with in the last few months and am finding them to…
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